By means of the primary two video games of the 2025 season, Arizona Cardinals broad receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. has seen simply 11 targets come his means. Final Sunday in opposition to the Carolina Panthers, Harrison caught simply two passes for 27 yards after hauling in six catches for 71 yards and a landing in opposition to the New Orleans Saints throughout his group’s opener.
Harrison addressed the dearth of targets by the primary two weeks, citing his group being 2-0 for the primary time since 2021 because the “most necessary factor” proper now.
“That is a foolish dialog, actually,” Harrison mentioned.
Final season, Harrison obtained six targets or fewer in eight of the 17 video games during which he appeared. The previous No. 4 general decide within the 2024 NFL Draft out of Ohio State completed his rookie marketing campaign with 62 catches for 885 yards and eight touchdowns.
There have been seven receivers taken within the first spherical of the 2024 NFL Draft. Xavier Worthy has missed a lot of the first two weeks of the season after exiting within the first quarter of the Chiefs‘ Week 1 loss to the Chargers earlier this month. The opposite six have performed in each of their group’s first two video games and have extra targets than Harrison.
Harrison’s quarterback, Kyler Murray, was additionally requested about Harrison’s goal share. For context, Harrison was the third-most-targeted participant on his group final week behind star tight finish Trey McBride (7) and working again Trey Benson (6).
“I say it each time, do I want all of them may get 10 targets a recreation, in fact,” Murray mentioned. “There’s just one ball. We have been taking part in this recreation for a very long time. All of us perceive the way it goes. Some days he may get 10, some days he may get three. … You by no means know.”
Arizona is at the moment a 2.5-point underdog in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers in Week 3, per FanDuel.
